Running for all the right reasons
Subtitle: a Saudi-born woman's pursuit of democracy
By: Ferial Masry and Susan Chenard ; with a foreword by James Zogby.
Contributors: Chenard, Susan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Arab American writing
Publisher: Syracuse University Press; Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780815609117
Subjects: Masry, Ferial; Arab American women -- California -- Ventura County -- Biography; Women political candidates -- California -- Biography; Political candidates -- California -- Biography; Women immigrants -- California -- Ventura County -- Biography; Immigrants -- California -- Ventura County -- Biography; California -- Politics and government -- 1951-; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-; Ventura County (Calif.) -- Biography; Mecca (Saudi Arabia) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In 2004, Ferial Masry, born in Mecca, became the first Saudi American to run for political office in U.S. history ... Running for All the Right Reasons chronicles Masry's remarkable life, from her childhood in Mecca and her decision to emigrate to the United States to her career as an educator and her bold entry into the world of politics."--Dust jacket flap.